College hosts GedEd science meeting this weekend

The College is hosting a conference on GenEd Science, "Multiple Pathways: Attracting Students to Science" Oct. 14 through 16.

Made possible with support from the Hewlett Foundation, the conference "is a great opportunity to hear some well-known scientists speak about gen ed on their campuses and to talk with faculty from other liberal arts colleges," according to Charlotte  Borst, dean of arts and sciences.

Speakers are to include Darcy Kelly, a neuroscientist at Columbia University who created a popular required first-year course, "Frontiers in Science;" Tom Wetzel, professor of chemistry at Bates College and (with Union Prof. Tom Werner) a national leader in promoting undergraduate research; and Kevin Bedell, Rourke Professor of Physics at Boston College, who will relate a renovation project at BC that increased science majors and funded research.

For more on the conference, visit http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/DAS/agenda_workshop.htm